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Article: MANY SCHOOLS TONING DOWN HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 31, 1997
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Byline: PHILIP WALZER, STAFF WRITER
Ghosts and goblins, beware: You'll have a hard time getting into school today.
Several schools, seeking to maintain the focus on academics and avoid offending religious parents, are de-ghoulifying Halloween.
Some have scaled back observances; others are trying alternatives that steer clear of the H word or witches.
``Halloween has become very controversial, and many school districts are rethinking it,'' said Charles Haynes, a former Virginia religion professor who is scholar in residence at Vanderbilt University's First Amendment Center.
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